(PICTURED IN 100MM POT. IT IS JUST UNSIGHTLY AND AS I SAID COMMON IN ECHINOPSIS, PILOCEREUS TRICHOS - COLUMNAR CACTUS ! ,SOME SHRUBBY SUCCULENTS - EUPHORBIAS ESPECIALLY). ECHNOPSIS PIURA. THIS SPECIMEN HAS SOME "CORKING" ALSO CALLED "WOODING" AROUND THE BASE WHICH IS VERY COMMON FOR THIS SPECIES.